The passage of Senate Bill 3127 that officially went into law this week was a surprise. It specifically makes "emergency medical dispatchers" first responders. But he said that doesn't cover everyone.

Routt County officials are asking residents and visitors to be wary of automated emergency features on their smartphones and wearable electronic devices.

Local fire departments and emergency medical services are now using new, automatic dispatching software in the hopes of improving efficiency and response times.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Picture this: A loved one is experiencing a medical emergency. You pick up to phone, frantically call 911, and you’re put on hold.

Both the House and Senate have passed a $1.65 trillion omnibus spending bill that should assure that federal-government agencies will be funded through September, but the legislation does not include funding for IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments or...

New year, new 911 operators. The Broward Sheriff's Office's agreement with the county to run the area's 911 communication system expired this morning. The county say they will now make plans to transition from BSO to a different organization who will who receive...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two years ago, on the day of the Christmas bombing, AT&T phone lines went down impacting all calls to Nashville’s 911 center.

HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) -A couple in Henrico got the chance to say thank you to a county 911 dispatcher for helping to save a man’s life after he was found by his wife going into cardiac arrest.

When someone calls 911, they expect the quickest response possible from first responders.  Unfortunately that expectation is not always met in Seattle when it comes to medical emergencies, that is, if your address is on a list of addresses responders are told to...

MARSHALL - Madison County first responders have expressed their dissatisfaction with the county's outdated public safety radio network for some time, but the county is now one step closer to overhauling its 911 radio network.

As of this month, Emergency Medical Services dispatchers have a new, artificial-intelligence based system that will help them make critical decisions like those faster and better, parish officials say.

New York City, home to the largest and busiest 911 system in the country, is on track to implement a next-generation 911 system in 2024 that can accept photos and videos from callers, according to an annual report released by the city’s Office of Technology and...

“These people are the true first responders,” says Lake County Emergency Management coordinator Mark Clary of the staff at the Dispatch Center, tucked away on the second floor of the courthouse.

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The technology suite will improve their ability to effectively and efficiently respond to emergencies within the community. NEW LONDON, Conn. — The New London Police Department announced the launch of Prepared Live, a software that enables the 9-1-1  dispatch center...

Despite optimizations made in an iOS 16 update in November, the iPhone 14's Car Crash Detection feature continues to accidentally call 911 when a user may be on a rollercoaster, skiing, or doing other physical activities the device misunderstands as a car crash. In...

  For more than two years, the Weld County Department of Information Technology, Public Safety Communications, the Weld County Sheriff’s Office and 42 first responder agencies countywide have collaborated to implement CentralSquare, according to a county news release....

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Federal funding to pay much of the cost to transition 911 centers to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology is not included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill that many in Congress hope to pass prior to Friday’s government-shutdown deadline. READ FULL...